TY - JOUR A1 - Pfister, Roland A1 - Foerster, Anna T1 - How to measure post-error slowing: The case of pre-error speeding T2 - Behavior Research Methods N2 - Post-error slowing is one of the most widely employed measures to study cognitive and behavioral consequences of error commission. Several methods have been proposed to quantify the post-error slowing effect, and we discuss two main methods: The traditional method of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to response times of correct trials that follow another correct trial, and a more recent proposal of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to the corresponding correct pre-error trials. Based on thorough re-analyses of two datasets, we argue that the latter method provides an inflated estimate by also capturing the (partially) independent effect of pre-error speeding. We propose two solutions for improving the assessment of human error processing, both of which highlight the importance of distinguishing between initial pre-error speeding and later post-error slowing. KW - response-time analysis KW - post-error slowing KW - pre-error speeding KW - performance monitoring Y1 - 2022 UR - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/27324 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-273244 SN - 1554-3528 VL - 54 IS - 1 ER -